Don’t “do the work”– spiritual practice, nine times out of ten, is a complete waste of time, time that could be spent sleeping in or sharing a meal with loved ones or playing with your dogs.

salvation is only possible through ritual practice or some kind of work, we will alienate far more than we will assist.

the whole point of the spiritual teachings of Jesus and the Buddha is to make your entire life your practice.

everyone needs gnosis, and it's not our place to judge the spiritual experiences of other people. Instead, let us share the inherent beauty of the quest for gnosis through our deeds and actions, regardless of where we happen to be stationed.

one should keep a Silent Agency as a Way person, expressing as little as necessary, and only if directly asked. This is important not as a matter of ‘keeping secrets,’ but is intended as a way to express proper respect and regard for faith traditions in which we might find refuge.

After a while, try reducing the amount of time. Can you limit your consciousness to a single minute?

when one becomes anxious or feels impatient, focus on what was happening no more than five minutes prior to that moment, and what may happen no more than five minutes from it.

mindfully accepting that not everything needs to be a reaction to something else. It also requires a sense of vigilance and awareness on the part of the practitioner, and the ability to discriminate between situations in which abiding constancy applies and those in which waiting would not be the correct approach.

mindfully accepting the fact that circumstances are quite often without any kind of reason within this World of Forms.